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Ekin Technology granted patent for all-in-one LPR, speedometer, and facial recognition scanner

Turkey’s Ekin Technology was recently granted a U.S. patent for a light bar with an integrated license plate reader (LPR),…

 

130 million people used Aadhaar in March to authenticate identity, receive benefits

More than 130 million people used Aadhaar this past March to authenticate their identity and receive a government benefit or…

 

Biometrics industry insight, ID4Africa and behavioral analytics trending this week

Here is a recap of the most popular biometrics industry news that appeared on BiometricUpdate.com this past week. Industry insight…

 

Survey finds U.S. consumers would pay for a credit card with built in biometric protection

According to SmartMetric, a consumer survey of credit card users in the United States found that 80% of those questioned…

 

Police errors, paperwork delays force destruction of biometric data of 800 terror suspects

According to a report in The Telegraph, the fingerprint and DNA profiles of up to 800 terror suspects have been…

 

Dutch court says no passport without fingerprints

According to a recent ruling by the highest Dutch administrative court, the Council of State, officials are within their rights…

 

Gulf Bank adds facial recognition to mobile banking app

Middle Eastern financial institution Gulf Bank has introduced facial recognition to its mobile banking app allowing customers access to their…

 

Guaranty Trust Bank Kenya adds fingerprint authentication to mobile banking app

According to a report in CapitalFM, Guaranty Trust Bank Kenya has introduced fingerprint recognition in an upgraded version of the…

 

Russia’s biggest bank testing biometric security measures

In an effort to decrease the need for bank cards, Sberbank, Russia’s biggest bank, is working on biometric security measures…

 

New Windows 10 laptops by Acer feature fingerprint readers

Acer’s latest Windows 10 laptops give users the ability to quickly authenticate themselves and log into these devices using their…

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